PhD Course - IPR, innovation and responsible conduct of research

Organizer
Laura Beloff, Associate Professor, ITU

Lecturers
Marianne Weile, consultant
Clement Salung Petersen, Associate Professer, Copenhagen University
Morten Rosenmeier, Professor, Copenhagen University

Dates of the course
13-14 November 2017

Time
9:00 13 November 2017 - 15:00 14 November 2017

Location
Skjoldnæsholm Hotel og Konferencecenter
Skjoldenæsvej 106, 4174 Jystrup

Course description
The PhD seminar has an interdisciplinary focus. The program and topics at the seminar are directed across different disciplines, and will therefore focus on the relation between IPR, innovation and entrepreneurship as well as responsible conduct of research, through different guest lectures and workshops.

Day 1
Marianne Weile has worked 17 years in Novozymes where she has been deeply involved in acquiring new technologies also from university inventors, setting up collaborations as well as selling technologies. She has among other been heading the IP function outside the US having around 60 people reporting to her. Marianne has a bachelor in biochemistry as well as an MBA and started her commercial carrier by establishing her own company and has therefore insight from start-up as well
as established companies interest and ground for motivation.

During her part of the program, she will touch upon elements relevant when commercializing inventions/technologies:
1) Protecting the invention through IP mainly patents. What do you need to think about when applying for IP protection? What is the difference between a patent application and a patent family? Elements relevant when defining your IP/patent strategy.
2) What are the right partners for your project? Can you find the right partners through patent searches?
3) Watch-outs in agreements relevant for commercializing your technology. Do you want to exclusive or nonexclusive outlicense your technology or sell it?
4) If we have the time introduction to negotiations. What is BATNA and ZOPA?

Marianne Weile will be around and will discuss individual questions and challenges. If the PhD students have a technology they are considering commercializing, they might want to take this opportunity to brainstorm and get feedback from Marianne.

Day 2
On day 2 Clement Salung Petersen and Morten Rosenmeier will give an introduction to responsible conduct of research, the basic concepts and enforcement. Other than this, they will also touch upon the following:
- Academic freedom and freedom of speech - case-based discussions
- Conflicts of interests – case-based discussions
- Research planning and data management (including research collaborations)
- Plagiarism, double publication (“self-plagiarism”), good quotation practice, etc. – case-based discussions
- Publishing: Authorship and acknowledgements, publishing agreements, open access

Programme
Monday 13. November
9:00:10:00 Bus from ITU to Skjoldnæsholm Hotel og Konferencecenter
10:00-11:00 Find your room and stretch your legs
11:00-12:00 Welcome by Laura Beloff/Jens Christian
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:30 Commerzialise your inventions part 1/Marienne Weile
14:30-15:00 Coffee and cake
15:00-16:30 Commerzialise your inventions part 2/Marianne Weile
16:30-17:30 Use todays teaching on your own project /Marianne Weile
17:30-18:00 Stretch your legs before dinner
18:00-19:30 Dinner
19:30-21.00 Follow-up on todays program and maybe a quiz?

Tuesday 14. November
7:30-9:00 Breakfast buffet
9:00-09:20 Introduction: Responsible conduct of research – basic concepts and enforcement
9:20-09:40 Academic freedom and freedom of speech - case-based discussions
9:40-10:20 Conflicts of interests – case-based discussions
10:20-10.30 Coffee break
10:30-11:15 Plagiarism, double publication (“self-plagiarism”), good quotation practice, etc. – case-based discussions
11:15-11:45 Publishing: Authorship and acknowledgements, publishing agreements, open access
11:45-12:00 Q&A
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Group reflection on the Seminar’s theme in connection to own PhD project and general knowledge sharing
14:00-15:00 Bus back to ITU

Prerequisites
No.

Exam
The PhD students are examined after the seminar has been held by writing one A4 page, about how the content of the seminar can be interpreted and useful in relation to their own research and PhD project. The A4 page is submitted to Laura Beloff no later than 1 December 2017, and also approved by Laura Beloff.

Credits
2 ECTS

Amount of hours the student is expected to use on the course
Participation: 28 hours (1+½ day at Skjoldnæsholm + exam)
Preparation: 28 hours

How to sign up
Write an e-mail to phdsupport@itu.dk